Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 501 "The No. Screenwriter in China"

The biggest change in this version of the TV series is that the original No. 1 male lead, Sun Shaoping, was demoted to No. 2 male lead, while the original No. 2 male lead, Sun Shaoan, became the No. 1 male lead.

In the original work, rural youths such as Sun Shaoping and Jin Bo are thirsty for knowledge and long for the civilization of modern cities and rich spiritual and material life.

They try every possible means to get out of the countryside and into the city. This reflects the various contradictory mentalities of these young people who have moved from the countryside to the city in the process of pursuing modern civilization, and reflects the huge differences in social life in the "cross-region" and urban and rural culture.

As a result, the image of Sun Shaoan was highlighted on TV, and he became an out-and-out village leader. He became rich through hard work and led the entire village to become rich.

This is indeed politically correct, but it does not conform to the original idea and does not fully express what Lu Yao wants to express.

Lu Yao is still alive now. If Fang Minghua makes such changes, Lu Yao will definitely be dissatisfied.

Sun Shaoping is his favorite!
Another thing is that Jin Bo, a very important supporting character, was cancelled and his part was changed to Run Sheng.

You have to know that Jin Bo and Run Sheng’s personalities are very different in the original book, so how can they be linked together?

In the original book, after Jin Bo was demobilized and returned to his hometown, he missed the Tibetan girl in his heart and traveled thousands of miles to the place where he had stayed before to look for the girl. This is what the book says.

The book reads:

"He stood at the crossroads, singing this echoless song with tears streaming down his face. Many Tibetan and Han passers-by stopped in surprise and listened to him singing as if no one else was around. Most people thought that this was someone from outside. Mental patient. However, he sang this beautiful song so heart-wrenchingly!"

Jin Bo has always been an idealist living in the secular world. He has a cheerful personality and is tactful in his dealings with others, but he is the person who loves the most purely in the book.

Compared with him, the love of others is a little boring, nothing more than a man with talent and a woman with beauty, and a good match. Jin Bo himself interprets "love is deep and lasting without knowing where it comes from."

How could such a character be deleted so easily? !

After deciding to change his thinking, Fang Minghua began to write.

Also, Wang Lei's version of "Ordinary World" has more than 50 episodes, which is a bit long. Now is still the film era, and to control costs, about 40 episodes will be enough.

The manuscript of Skywalker was about 42 words. Fang Minghua copied it onto a five-inch disk and sent it to Shu Bin in Haikou. Shengshi Book Publishing Company was responsible for publishing it, so Fang Minghua no longer had to worry about it.

Since Shu Bin took over as the general manager of Shengshi Books, he has been ambitious. On the one hand, he has actively contacted Nan Huaijin in Hong Kong and prepared to publish Nan Huaijin's representative works such as "A New Interpretation of the Analects" and "Laozi's Sayings" in the mainland.

On the other hand, the company carried out drastic reforms within the company, learned from the mature experience of the publishing industry in Hong Kong, Europe and the United States, and began to establish a series of modern publishing operation mechanisms such as sales channels and advertising operations.

Through this book, Fang Minghua also wants to see what the results of his reforms have been.

At the same time, at the request of Bai Miao, editor-in-chief of Yanhe magazine, a classic plot from the book Skywalker will be selected and published in the first issue of Yanhe next year.

The days passed slowly.

The TV series "Desire" was extremely popular in the Yanjing area. When TV stations in other provinces and cities saw this, they actively sent people to negotiate with Shengshi Film and Television to purchase the film and television copyright. Fang Minghua also gained the reputation of "the number one screenwriter in the country."

This name was proposed by a reporter from the Legal Daily in a report.

This press release mainly reported that the TV series "Desire" became the hit drama of this year. After it was broadcast in the Yanjing area, the ratings remained high.

The reporter also conducted an on-site investigation and found that in the Yanjing Yanshan Petrochemical City Family Quarters, which has more than 98 residents, the ratings of the program in this community reached %, which is on par with CCTV's "News Broadcast".

According to a questionnaire survey conducted by the Yanjing Daily, as many as 96% of citizens said they had watched "Desire", compared to 87% for "Huo Yuanjia" and 83% for "The Bund", which is enough to prove the influence of "Desire".

During the broadcast time of "Desire", the streets were even more empty, because everyone sat in front of the TV to watch the show on time. During the broadcast period, it is said that the social security was so good that people did not need to lock their doors when they went to bed. The crime rate in Yanjing also dropped sharply. Even thieves were moved by the kindness of the characters in the play. For this reason, the Yanjing Public Security Bureau prepared to award the "Desire" crew the "Maintaining Public Security Award".

Minghua, the screenwriter, has made great contributions. He has also written a series of film scripts such as "Hidden in the Dust", "Youth", "No One Less", "Qiu Ju Goes to Court", etc., all of which have achieved remarkable success. "Desire" is his first TV drama script, which is so sensational that he is truly the first screenwriter in China.

Fang Minghua has no habit of reading the Legal Daily. Recently, he has been staying at home writing the script for Ordinary World and seldom goes out.

On the one hand, I have to write this script quickly. On the other hand, it is winter now, and there are often cold winds and snow outside. Is there anything more comfortable than hiding in a warm study, brewing a cup of steaming Longjing tea and typing?

When you are tired, practice calligraphy and appreciate calligraphy and painting. How pleasant is that?

He is too lazy to even play mahjong.

Song Tangtang told him about this when she came home from get off work in the evening and brought back a newspaper.

"Look, the number one screenwriter in the country. Wow. Why isn't he the number one writer?" Song Tangtang said in a teasing tone.

Fang Minghua took it and took a look.

It really is.

"Oh, oh, the number one writer? Aren't you afraid that I will be drowned in spit? Don't listen to the nonsense these reporters say, this is called flattery!" Fang Minghua threw the newspaper aside.

"So, are you going to claim this public security award? Zheng Xiaolong from Yanjing Station called me this afternoon and said it's true. He asked you to go to Yanjing." Song Tangtang asked.

"No." Fang Minghua refused without a second thought. "Thank you for the kindness of the Yanjing Public Security Bureau. Zheng Xiaolong and his men can take care of it. Why would we go to Yanjing in such a cold weather?"

"Okay then, I'll call you back tomorrow when I'm at work."

"Tangtang, how many TV stations have purchased the copyright for the TV series "Desire"? " Fang Minghua asked, thinking of something.

"Well, there are already four, and three more are in negotiation. The average price per episode is 1.2 yuan."

"Congratulations, Mr. Song. Shengshi Films has just been established and it's already had a great start."

"Oh, this still depends on my great writer Fang writing a good script and planning at home, so that I can win the victory thousands of miles away."

"What a great writer Fang, call me husband!"

"Husband." Song Tangtang replied in a tender voice.

Why.
It seems that the training was successful.

Fang Minghua shook his head, stood up and walked towards the study.

After chatting and laughing for a while, it’s time to start writing.

New Year's Day 1990 is coming soon.

The 80s are almost over.

就在12月20日，方明华接到一封由作协转交的邀请函：邀请他12月27日去燕京参加第三届全国青年作家创作会议，并且出席12月31日晚在物资部大礼堂的的“文学之夜·燕京·89”晚会。

(End of this chapter)